Shadwell
WardWest Tower Hamlets. About 13,700 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Shadwell live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Shadwell compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Shadwell safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Shadwell at a rate of 129.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 144.2 per 1,000 people across Tower Hamlets.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 168 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Shadwell.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (578), anti-social behaviour (439) and other crime (326).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Tower Hamlets
These figures are published for the whole of Tower Hamlets, not for each ward, so they describe all of Tower Hamlets and not Shadwell alone. See Tower Hamlets
Shadwell in brief
Shadwell had 13,275 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Shadwell live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Shadwell, 78.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Shadwell, 9.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.